British war time musical MISS NIGHTINGALE make it’s West End debut
Miss Nightingale, will make its West End debut at the prestigious Theatre at the Hippodrome Casino in London’s Leicester Square, for a strictly limited seven-week run in their 180-seat theatre, from 21 March – 6 May. This original British musical, set in 1940s London during World War Two, is created and written by Matthew Bugg […]
UK Tour Dates Announced for Matthew Bourne’s SWAN LAKE
New Adventures is delighted to announce the 2018 UK tour dates for Matthew Bourne’s legendary SWAN LAKE. The tour begins at Theatre Royal Plymouth on Saturday 22 September before visiting Curve, Leicester; Wycombe Swan, High Wycombe; Her Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen; Theatre Royal, Nottingham and The Lowry, Salford ahead of an eight-week Christmas season at Sadler’s […]
Moulin Rouge actress Caroline O’Connor to star in THE RINK
Renowned Broadway, West End and film actress Caroline O’Connor will star as Anna in the first London revival in 20 years of Kander and Ebb’s THE RINK, having understudied the role of Angel in the 1988 London production of the show. The new production of THE RINK will play at Southwark Playhouse for a limited […]
Mid show WICKED Witch-switch at the Apollo Victoria Theatre
Any Wicked fan will tell you that there are two things they have on their bucket list to tick off when it comes to seeing the show multiple times. Fans always hope for something different to happen from the norm, for someone to forget a line or a prop to malfunction or be forgotten. But […]
REVIEW: HEDDA GABLER (New Victoria Theatre) ★★★★
Woking’s New Victoria Theatre is perhaps best known for its staging of popular main stream productions, However occasionally it delivers a real “Tour De Force” and Director Ivo Van Hove makes his debut with a radical new version of Ibsen’s most famous play. Hedda Gabler has just returned from her honeymoon with George Tesman, an […]
REVIEW: JULIUS CAESAR (Bridge Theatre) ★★★★★
The arrival of Nicholas Hytner’s interpretation of Shakespeare’s ‘Julius Caesar’ has been highly anticipated. The classic historical tale of autocracy, treachery and mutiny is no easy challenge, particularly with the news that it was a promenade staging with audience involvement throughout, however it is one that is faced head on and smashed into a million […]
Cast announced for the return of BAT OF OUT HELL – THE MUSICAL
With the show’s stellar leads, Andrew Polec and Christina Bennington, previously announced, the full company has now been cast for the 2018 West End run of Jim Steinman’s Bat Out Of Hell – The Musical, winner of the Evening Standard Radio 2 Audience Award for Best Musical 2017. Performances will begin at the Dominion Theatre […]
London recording of WORKING to be released featuring tracks by Lin-Manuel Miranda
Ghostlight Records has announced the release of the Original London Cast Recording of Stephen Schwartz’s WORKING on Friday, March 2. The album is being released following a hugely successful run at Southwark Playhouse, directed by Luke Sheppard in Summer 2017. This will be the first recording of WORKING since the Original Broadway Cast Recording in […]
I’ve lived in Paris for 2 weeks… here’s more things I’ve learnt!
As a ‘theatre’ blogger, you always run the risk of people not appreciating it when you ramble on about things that aren’t related to what they are used to. But my blog last week about moving to Paris was so well received that I thought I would carry it on to give you a look […]
REVIEW: MADONNA OR WHORE? (VAULT Festival) ★★★★
THE MADONNA WHORE COMPLEX. THE SONGS OF MADONNA. The premise of ‘Madonna Or Whore?’ is an appealing one if you are attracted to both pop philosophy and the hits of the Italian American diva herself. It’s presented as part of the Vault Festival, with over three hundred new shows running from January 24th to March […]